Road Signs
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Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
willk said:
That would solve too many problems for us. SAJohn
Hunter
They need to go after speed and stoplight cameras.
So you were there, saw this great shot from 10 feet +/-, and said nothing?willk said:
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
I use to think that ALL the road signs in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas were SUPPOSE to have them holes, along with mailboxes in rural areas.
I always thought those signs were made from the poachers sighting in their guns since they shoot at night from the vehicle. Lighting up a sign with their headlights giving them a good target.
This is the type of stuff that non-hunters see and who do you think they blame? They have no concept of the division between legitimate hunters and poachers/vandals so all hunters are blamed. Every hole in a road sign is a black eye for legitimate hunters.
Jimbo357mag
Hawkeye
Stuff like that is bad advertising for all gun owners. It costs us dearly in the public opinion dept.
bogus bill
Hunter
I get out as much as anybody. I have seen countless signs shot. Yet I never seen someone shooting one. Not too many people are going to shoot one when someone comes driving by. It`s a mute point, rare as a white buffalo. Any one of you ever seen someone in the act of shooting one?
Now, EVEN IF you did and reported it to a deputy with the license number, do you actually think he would run the person down, confront the person, arrest the person, call you to court for a witness, and get a conviction? Your word against his? All that would have to happen to get a conviction and a fine. You would have to have a video of it happening if the person didn't cave. Same with littering.
Now, EVEN IF you did and reported it to a deputy with the license number, do you actually think he would run the person down, confront the person, arrest the person, call you to court for a witness, and get a conviction? Your word against his? All that would have to happen to get a conviction and a fine. You would have to have a video of it happening if the person didn't cave. Same with littering.
I must admit redhawker is correct. But, we need the non shooting/hunting folks understand people who do that type of stuff are criminals just as some who live in their neighborhood's are criminals. But, that does not mean they are also.
Here's my point. 9 years I was a Fish/Wildlife cop. Along with 6 others in our office. Spend all year in a boat or in the woods. None of us ever caught sign shooters either. Nearly everyone who phoned in some type report of would say some hunter or fisherman must have done xxx because they found animal or fish dead. We tried as much as possible to say things like a normal hunter or fisherman does not do that. People who do that are poachers or just plain criminals. Do not mix up the two. And nearly all the cases we made arrests for, was for 1 reason. The legal shooters/hunters or fisherman turned them in.
Here's my point. 9 years I was a Fish/Wildlife cop. Along with 6 others in our office. Spend all year in a boat or in the woods. None of us ever caught sign shooters either. Nearly everyone who phoned in some type report of would say some hunter or fisherman must have done xxx because they found animal or fish dead. We tried as much as possible to say things like a normal hunter or fisherman does not do that. People who do that are poachers or just plain criminals. Do not mix up the two. And nearly all the cases we made arrests for, was for 1 reason. The legal shooters/hunters or fisherman turned them in.
gunman42782
Hunter
LOL. This reminds me of this past year. There is one heck of a hill on highway 44 (that just happens to lead to Knob Creek Gun Range, by the way) that this past year they put in new guard rails and road signs. The guard rails where not up a week before they had been smashed into, and the road signs all shot up. Of course, this is in Bullitt County, so I guess I can't expect much.
True story . . .
Once upon a time, quite a while ago, I was sitting in my car at a stoplight in the right-turn lane. I sorta noticed a ratty Chevy Monte Carlo ease up on my left side. Was minding my own bidness. For whatever reason, I glanced to my left and noticed the two bearded good ol' boys in the car . . . and then I noticed that the one on the passenger side -- my side -- had what appeared to be a little Stevens single-shot pistol rested over the rearview mirror on the door. I quickly faced front. Just before the light changed, he let go with what was either a .22 short or one of the Aguilla low-power rounds, and the red lens on the overhead traffic signal shattered! I couldn't help myself, and turned to look at him. He just smiled and pulled the pistol back inside the car. The light changed and the Monte Carlo took a left and disappeared in the traffic.
He didn't even use the sights. The pistol was rested on the rearview mirror, several inches below his line of sight. To this day, I wonder what his batting average was on traffic signals.
Once upon a time, quite a while ago, I was sitting in my car at a stoplight in the right-turn lane. I sorta noticed a ratty Chevy Monte Carlo ease up on my left side. Was minding my own bidness. For whatever reason, I glanced to my left and noticed the two bearded good ol' boys in the car . . . and then I noticed that the one on the passenger side -- my side -- had what appeared to be a little Stevens single-shot pistol rested over the rearview mirror on the door. I quickly faced front. Just before the light changed, he let go with what was either a .22 short or one of the Aguilla low-power rounds, and the red lens on the overhead traffic signal shattered! I couldn't help myself, and turned to look at him. He just smiled and pulled the pistol back inside the car. The light changed and the Monte Carlo took a left and disappeared in the traffic.
He didn't even use the sights. The pistol was rested on the rearview mirror, several inches below his line of sight. To this day, I wonder what his batting average was on traffic signals.
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They cost nothing? Dont run into one. You wont lke the repcement cost.GP100 said:
daveg.inkc
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Maybe it comes from Gas tax. Road tax? Guarantee a tax payer buys road signs. You really say that?GP100 said:
